Sven Riethmueller
@sriethmueller.bsky.social
Entrepreneurship & Innovation - Yale Law School
My working paper, papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers...., describes the practice by pre-IPO companies of granting stock options to executives while preparing to go public. The options feature substantially lower exercise prices relative to the IPO price, thus producing a windfall potential to executives.
11th Hour Option Discounting: The Significance of IPO Prognostications in Fixing Equity Compensation
This paper examines the pervasive practice by pre-IPO firms of granting stock options as compensation while preparing to go public. These last-minute option gra
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November 16, 2024 at 8:41 PM
My working paper, papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers...., describes the practice by pre-IPO companies of granting stock options to executives while preparing to go public. The options feature substantially lower exercise prices relative to the IPO price, thus producing a windfall potential to executives.
It was an honor to have been interviewed by Jeff Mahoney of the Council of Institutional Investors and to discuss my working paper on the practice of 11th hour option discounting. You can listen to the podcast here open.spotify.com/episode/3yRz...
November 16, 2024 at 8:36 PM
It was an honor to have been interviewed by Jeff Mahoney of the Council of Institutional Investors and to discuss my working paper on the practice of 11th hour option discounting. You can listen to the podcast here open.spotify.com/episode/3yRz...